Human Body Burden and Dietary Methylmercury Intake: The Relationship in a Rice-Consuming Population

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 9682-9689

  Li, Ping ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Chan, Hing Man ^b   Zhang, Xiaofeng ^c   Du, Buyun ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FISH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIETARY METHYLMERCURY; FISH CONSUMPTION; HUMAN BODIES; MERCURIES (HG); METHYLMERCURY; MINING AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; TOXICOKINETIC MODEL;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; METHYLMERCURY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH MEAT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MINING; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; ORYZA; POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; WANSHAN;

BODY BURDEN; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HAIR; HUMANS; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MINING; ORYZA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926460753     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00195     Document Type: Article

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